Jakarta is sinking fast, with two-fifths of the area falling below sea level. - Reuters
JAKARTA, Nov 1 (Bloomberg): Indonesia is moving ahead with the plan to relocate its capital to the island of Borneo in the first half of 2024, after the proposal languished for months amid the pandemic.
In the draft submitted in September, South-East Asia’s biggest economy plans to move the capital from Jakarta to an area of 56,180 hectares in East Kalimantan province.
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